
Assistant Store Manager
- Leeds
- £27,768-29,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Demonstrate and influence others on how to deliver an engaging and experiential customer service.
- Ensure store team are set up to educate and guide customers in making the right purchase, ensuring they are fully versed in customer facing operations.
- Keep up to date with seasonal product range and ensure that all store team have adequate product knowledge training and are fully informed on the current range.
- Work with store manager to build community relationships within stores local area and look for opportunity to collaborate with like minded associates.
- Support manager with implementing high standards of visual merchandising and store presentation.
- Proudly represent Finisterre and ensure the brand story and company values are being championed through the store team.
- Assist manager with recruiting the best team for the brand and store.
- Work with the store manager and marketing team to deliver successful & engaging store events.
- Share ownership of the stores performance, understand and communicate the store targets and future plans with the team.
- Review and analyse RCA report, implement commercial changes in order to drive more sales.
- Keep up to date with the trading calendar, support manager with planning and preparation for any seasonal or promotional launch activity.
- Communicate with manager and merchandising team making sure we gain the most opportunity through stock.
- Understand the overall company strategy and how the retail goals fit into the overall direction
- Work with Manager to ensure the store is staffed efficiently reflecting the trade patterns of the store and taking into account productivity and cost.
- Train all staff on all stock handling processes and procedures ensuring accuracy in any stock movements.
- Ensure store teams have adequate training on all retail operations and is up to date, communicating any changes made from HO.
- Assist with managing the health & safety for the store, ensuring all checklists are completed and store is compliant at all times.
- Ensure adequate training has been rolled out to the store team, supporting all team members to reach their full potential.
- Maintain an open and positive relationship with Store Manager, adopt the responsibilities of store manager in their absence.
- Maintain good communications and relationships with all the department teams at Wheal Kitty, visit and attend meetings at WK where necessary.
- Annual sales & contribution targets
- ATV
- Conversion
- Customer satisfaction
- You share our love of the sea and our brand values. You care about our planet and want to share your passion for protecting it with others.
- You like to lead by example, motivating and supporting others.
- You are a people person, building positive relationships with both customers and your retail team.
- You pay attention to detail, take pride in delivering tasks accurately and to a high standard.
- Proven experience managing a team within a premium Apparel brand who share Finisterre’s brand ethos
- Be commercially aware and possess in depth experience of working towards KPIs
- Visual merchandising skills
- Competent with Excel, Word and Office Outlook
- Motivates and coaches others to be the best they can be.
- Good communicator between management and retail team.
- Passion, energy and aspiration in line with Finisterre products, brand and customer
- A discretionary bonus scheme, based on company performance
- A pension scheme with Nest
- 33 days off per year (including bank holidays)
- Additional holidays for length of service
- Your birthday day off
- 60% product discount for personal and gift use
- 30% Friends and Family product discount
- Life assurance with access to an employee assistance program
- Access to a wide range of wellbeing programs, including counselling services, headspace membership, eye tests, yoga, cycle to work and a range of perks
- Regular company social events
- Paid volunteering opportunities – we will support you in giving back to communities and causes
- Various discounts from our B Corp community
- Individual training and development plans
- Sea Tuesday companywide updates
- And so much more!
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